Overview
"""He was a Fula. I say 'was', because I haven't seen him for a long time. I don't know if he's still alive or where he might be. He just disappeared."" Maria is independent, unconventional and unafraid. She is trying to find an explanation for the disappearance of Ishmael, a refugee from Sierra Leone who came to her door as a newspaper boy and stayed for seven years. He was like a son to her. Vincent is a psychologist. Once he and Maria had an all-encompassing relationship, but since their break-up he has been living in a kind of haze. One day, Maria asks for his help. In the encounters that follow, Ishmael is pushed into the background by a rekindling of the old love between Vincent and Maria. The stories and memories that resurface come to replace the sadness at the loss of the boy. But despite the distraction of their new situation, Ishmael proves impossible to forget. Otto de Kat is known for concise novels that are beautifully observed, subtle and precise, and Freetown is no exception. Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson Laura Watkinson is a translator from Dutch, Italian and German whose translations include works by Cees Nooteboom, Jan van Mersbergen, Tonke Dragt and Peter Terrin. With the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union"
Full Product Details
Author: Otto de Kat ,
Laura Watkinson
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Dimensions:
Width: 12.80cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.100kg
ISBN: 9781529401622
ISBN 10: 1529401623
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 15 October 2020
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
These are novels of subtle emotional distance . . . as physical as a blow to the heart - Irish Times One of the Netherlands' most compelling literary voices - Irish Examiner De Kat's ambition of theme is served by astonishing tautness of construction and spareness of language - Independent
These are novels of subtle emotional distance . . . as physical as a blow to the heart - Irish Times One of the Netherlands' most compelling literary voices - Irish Examiner De Kat's ambition of theme is served by astonishing tautness of construction and spareness of language - Independent
Author Information
Otto de Kat is the pen name of the founder of Dutch non-fiction publishing house Balans, Jan Guert Gaarlandt, also a poet, novelist and critic. His prize-winning novels have been widely published in Europe, and Man on the Move was the winner of the Netherlands' Halewijn Literature Prize.
